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Chris Evans · 8th November 2007, 05:18 AM

Hi Folks,

At this link you can see how a traditional navaja is made. Ufortunately the text is in Spanish, but the pictures pretty much say it all. Note how all the tools are quite archaic. It is because such labour intensive methods are used, that a traditional navaja costs so much and why by the end of the 19th century the Spanish cutlery industry was completely uncompetitive against its European counterparts

http://www.dipualba.es/publicaciones...ciano%20n8.pdf

Cheers
Chris

8th November 2007, 05:18 AM	#55
Chris Evans Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 665	Hi Folks, At this link you can see how a traditional navaja is made. Ufortunately the text is in Spanish, but the pictures pretty much say it all. Note how all the tools are quite archaic. It is because such labour intensive methods are used, that a traditional navaja costs so much and why by the end of the 19th century the Spanish cutlery industry was completely uncompetitive against its European counterparts http://www.dipualba.es/publicaciones...ciano%20n8.pdf Cheers Chris Last edited by Chris Evans; 8th November 2007 at 10:44 AM.